'I'm much more fulfilled': Woman laid off from $200,000 Google job is now a filmmaker

I was laid off from Google at 53 and left tech entirely. I’m now a filmmaker and an actor living out my dream.

Trinette Faint was laid off from Google in 2024. She's used her savings and severance pay and rented out her guest room on Airbnb to fund a gap year.

Google layoff changed her life: Ex-employee says losing $200,000 job made her an award-winning actor-filmmaker with 'zero regrets'